Hanger for slat shades



May 17, 1932. i H. W. PRATT 1,858,684

HANGER FOR sLAT sHADEs Filed Aug. 22, 1951' ATToRNEx/f.

Patented May 17, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE HENRY W. PRATT, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T WILLIAM H. LUTTON COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY HANGER ron sLAT sHADEs Application led August 22, 1931. Serial No. 558,710.

' This invention relates in general to a hanger for supporting slat shades upon greenhouses, porches and the like. Slat shades are usually composed of a plurality of parallel thin strips of material, such as wood or metal, hingedly connected at their longitudinal edges, the shade being supported at its upper edge and capable of being rolled and unrolled from and to its other edge. f

Heretofore, in the mounting of slat shades upon greenhouses, it has been the practice to drive nails or like fasteners through the slats into the sash rails and glazing bars. practice is objectionable in that it is almost impossible to remove the shades without splitting or otherwise damaging the slats. Furthermore, the frequent driving of nails or the like into the glazing bars often splits ,or otherwise damages them. Also, considerable time and skill is required to properly apply and remove the shades. It will be understood that slat shades are generally used on greenhouses only during the summer.

One object of my invention is to provide a novel and improved hanger by which slat shades and the like can be easily and quickly applied to and removed vfrom a support, such as a greenhouse'roof, in a short time, by relatively unskilled persons, and without the aid of tools and separate fasteners such as nails or screws, so that the shades can be applied and removed without the possibility of damaging either the shade or the glazing bars. A Further objects are to provide such a lit-ting which permits application and removal of the shades by operations similar to simple buttoning and unbuttoning, whereby the voperations can be easily and quickly performed with certainty of satisfactory results, even by a relatively unskilled person.

Other objects are to provide a slat shad hanger which shall comprise a base plate to j be attached to a support, for example, a glazing bar, and having a plurality of upstanding lugs spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of a slat of a slat shade to receive a slat between them, said lugs having alined openings whose axis is transverse to a slat disposed between the lugs,`and a member This to be removably inserted in said openings and overlie said slat; to provide such a hanger which may be easily and quickly secured 1n position and permanently remain, so that the slat shades may be applied to `and removed therefrom by simple manipulation of said pin; to provide such a hanger which shall also serve to receive the fixed ends of pull ropes for rolling and unrolling a slat shade; and to obtain other advantages and results which will be brought out by the following description.

. Referring to the accompanying drawings 1n which corresponding and like parts are designated throughout the several views by the same reference characters,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the upper portion of a greenhouse roof having slat shade hangers embodying my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view of a slat shade hanger constructed in accordance with the invention, showing a slat shade secured thereto.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line H of Figure 3, and

Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal section al view on the line `5---5 of Figure 2.

Specifically describing the illustrated embodiment of the invention, I have shown the hanger Aas used for securing a slat shade B of known construction upon, a greenhouse roof C, although it should be understood that the hanger may be used for supporting slat shades or other similar devices upon any desired support. The greenhouse roof C includes glazing bars D each of which yhas a wooden core E for supporting the glass panes F, and a portion of the core projects upwardly on the outside of the roof as indicated at G; and my hanger'when used on greenhouse roofs may be conveniently attached to the projecting portions G of glazing bars.

The hanger A comprises a base plate 1 formed of suitable material, preferably rustproof metal, and the underside of the base plateis preferably formed with a longitudinal groove 2 to neatly receive the projecting les portion G of the glazing bar. The base plate is also formed with openings 3 to receive suitable fasteners, such as screws 4, for positively securing the base plate to the glazing bar.

The upper side of the base plate has a pair of upstanding lugs 5 which are spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the width of one of the slats 6 of the slat shade B, and preferably the lugs 5 have at the base. portions thereof at each side, straight'surfaces perpendicular to the upper side of the plate to neatly engage the sides 7 of the slats. At a distance from the upper side of the base plate somewhat greater than the thickness' of the slats 6, the lugs 5 are preferably provided with axially alined openings 8 to slidably receive a pin 9, the axis of said openings being transverse to the slats so that when said pin is inserted into the openings, it will overlie the slats, as clearly shown in Figures 2, 4 and 5 of the drawings.

It will be understood that the hangers A are permanently applied at the proper positions upon the structureon which it is desired to hang a slat shade. In applyin a slat shade to the hangers, the pins 9 are rst removed, after which one ofthe slats is arranged between the lugs 5 of each hanger. Preferably, a slat is also disposed atvthe outer side of each of the lugs 5 as shown in Figures 2 and 5. The slats 6 nicely fit the spaces between the lugs 5 and the lugs are preferably of a thickness substantially equal to the distance between the slats, so that the slats at the outer sides of the lugs also neatly engage the lugs. Then the pins 9 are inserted into the openings 8 so as tooverlie the slats. When thus mounted the slats are held against movement laterally in both directions by the pins 9 and the lugs 5, the weight of the shade being largely assumed directly by the lugs 5. To prevent endwise movement of the slats 6, a screw-eye l0 may be secured in the slat between the lugs 5 in alinement with the openings 8, so that the pin 9 also ypasses through the screw-eye-lO. v

To remove the shade from the hangers it is merely necessary to remove the pins 9 from the openings 8 and pull the slats outwardly froml between the lugs 5. Y Obviously these operations can be -easily and quickly performed by a relatively unskilled person, without separate tools or fasteners and without possibility of injury to either the slats or the support upon which the' shade is mounted.

The base plate l may also have a perforated lug 11 at one or each of its longitudinal sides for attachment thereto of one end 12 of a cord 13 to be used for rolling and unrolling the shade. As usual, after attachment of the end l2 of the cord to the base plate, the cord is brought downwardly beneath the shade around the lowerend of the shade, upwardly to a pulley 14 mounted above the upper edge of the shade, and then downwardly to a convenient location for operation, for example at the side of the greenhouse.

While I have shown and described the hanger asembodying certain details of construction, it should be understood that this is primarily for illustrating the principles of the invention and that many modifications and changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A hanger for slat shades comprising a baseplate to be attached to a support, and means for separably connecting a slat shade to said base plate.

2. A hanger for slat shades comprising a base plate to be attached to a supportV and having an upstanding lug to be disposed between two adjacent slats, and means cooperating with said lug to hold said slats against displacement from said base plate.

3). A hanger for slat shades comprising a base plate to be attached to a support and having an upstanding lug to be disposed between two adjacent slats, said lug having an opening whose axisvis transverse to such slats when the lug is disposed therebetween, and a member to removably lit said opening and overlie the slats.

4. A hanger for slat shades comprising a base plate to be attached to a support and having a plurality of spaced upstanding lugs to receive a slat of a slat shade between them, and a member cooperating with said lugs to overlie such slat and separably connect it to said base plate.l l

5. A hanger for slat shades comprising a base plate to be attached tof/a support and having a plurality of spaced upstanding lugs to receive a slat of a shade between them,

said lugs having axially alined openingsY transverse to such slat when the same is disposed between said lugs, and a member removably arranged in said openings to overlie said slat.

6. A hangerfor slat shades comprising a base plate to be attached to a support and having a plurality of upstanding lugs spaced apart longitudinally of said base plate a distance approximately equal to the width of a slat of a slat shade to receive a slat between them, said lugs having alined openings spaced from the base plate a distance greater than the thickness of the slat with their axes transverse to such a slat, and a pin to be in- 

